[Day: Tuesday, June 14th. Time: 12:30 a.m.]
[After all that stuff before and taking Maria to the hospital, everyone
goes back to the club room, where Shigeru is waiting. He obliterates them for...
oh wait, that's not for another month.]
[Everyone goes back to the club room, where nothing seems to have
changed. Meaning you still got a dead body there. Whatcha gonna do with it?]
[Epilogue start]
(Wait... do we *know* she's dead?)
* Makoto walks into the room and looks at Peter. He can only bring himself to
glance at Rei. She doesn't look right.
[Yup]
* Peter is sitting at a desk with his head in his hands.
[Well, Peter does.]
* Makoto walks over to Peter's desk and sits down beside him. His voice is
constricted, but otherwise calm. "She hasn't breathed or moved or anything?"
* Chie walks into the room and immediately runs over to Rei. She pulls the stone
out and touches it to her. "C'mon, Rei. Come back."
* Lazar walks into the room. "... we have stone, Peter. Can release soul, let
back into body, right?"
[The body is cold.]
* Chomei walks in. He looks at the ground, then at Rei, then at the Prof. "No
change?"
Come on, Rei. You have to come back.
She's gone. I..
* Makoto stands and puts a hand on Peter's shoulder.
You can't leave. You're my first best friend *ever*.
Chie, stop. If her heart's been stopped for this long, her brain...
I don't want you to be like Mom and Dad!
* Makoto doesn't continue. Or he can't.
( Hey! )
( Heh. Do not make the ghosts of your ancestors resentful. )
[The window shatters!]
* Chomei walks over to Chie and puts his hand on her shoulder. "I... I don't
know."
Eh?
* Lazar jumps, and lumbers to the window.
* Chomei looks at the shattered window, but doesn't move.
* Makoto looks up and reaches for the pocket with his yo-yo in it, and then
realizes the yo-yo isn't there. He watches Lazar and the window apprehensively.
* Chie doesn't seem to notice the window. "Please, Rei... there's so much stuff
we haven't done yet!"
[Standing in the room now amidst the shards of glass is the beautiful
purple-haired vampire. Her face looks furious, and her hands are very tightly
clenched around Rei's staff.]
* E is now known as Vampire
* Chomei summons his bow. "What the fuck do you want?"
* Peter doesn't even look up.
* Lazar tenses up for a moment, then relaxes. "Chomei! Stand down!"
Why you here? Help, or hurt?
* Makoto moves protectively in front of the professor. The doppelganger hasn't
had as much experience with this vampire as everybody else has.
* Chomei relaxes his stance.
* Vampire is gripping the staff hard, but her hands are shaking. "You... How
could you... How could you send her off alone like that?!"
(Ouch. The one question Chie's been asking herself all night.)
... was stupid. So stupid. Always say split up bad, but no say anything
tonight.
* Chie starts sobbing hysterically. "I... I didn't mean to! I didn't know!"
Oh, god, I...
It was my fault. If you're going to kill someone, kill me.
I never should have *let* her!
* Lazar backhands a chair into the far wall.
Again I... Why did I put my faith in you?! You really aren't any
different from them! You're the same!
Why did I let her do that? Why?
We different. We human. We make mistakes. Horrible mistakes.
* Chomei glares at the vampire.
Too many damned mistakes...
* Makoto clenches his jaw and remains silent. He seems to have no idea what the
vampire is talking about.
* Chie weeps.
* Vampire narrows her eyes. "You're right. You are humans. Just a bunch of
cursed humans. If you were gone...If only...!" She seems to only be paying half
attention to you.
* Makoto steps toward the vampire.
Who the hell are you?
... if you here to make us feel lower than dirt, too late. We fuck up,
Rei dead. If here to help, then shut up and help.
* Chie curls up in a small ball on the floor.
* Vampire ignores Makoto, and grips the skull on the staff hard. It shatters.
HEY! If you know way to save little one, tell us! If have to fight
through gates of Hell, we will.
( ...don't say that. You don't want to fight through the gates
of Hell. )
( He's waxing poetic. Don't step on my groove. )
( Right. The back entrance is much easier. )
* Chomei continues his piercing gaze at the vampire.
( I don't recall it working out too well for the MC1 crew. )
* Peter just sits there.
* Rei speaks, weakly, in peoples' heads, ~That's really nice of ya, Lazar, but
mebbe you can hold off on storming the gates of Hell just a little bit?~
* Chie lifts her head. "Rei?"
* Lazar whips his head around. "Little one? Where you?"
* Makoto freezes, halfway turned from the stranger at the window.
* Chomei continues to glare at the vampire. "It's a trick, isn't it."
* Peter sits up suddenly. "Rei?"
* Vampire continues her scowl.
* Makoto opens his mouth to say something and pauses, uncertain.
* Rei is appearing as mist from the shattered skull. Not that anyone but Chie
can see her. She forms into... well, herself. ~Right here. Next to... oh, shit.
I can't get back to my body. What happened? That really hurt like a bitch, let
me tell ya, I...~ She blinks at you all.
I've given you hints, I've given you tools, I've done everything to
help you fix Rei's life, and instead you destroyed it!
Just as you want to destroy me. That's the kind of scum you are.
Fix?
* Chomei grips Rownal tightly in his hand.
* Chie looks at Rei. "Rei..."
* Makoto ignores the vampire now. All's fair. "Rei, cutie, how long can you
survive without your body?"
Who want to destroy you? Them? They see vampyre, are scared. We no
attack you. If can help, help us! Help Rei.
R.. Rei. Your.. your body.
That's just a useless corpse.
* Rei waves at Chie, then turns to Makoto (though he can't see her). ~Dunno.
Never been tested, 'cause I never wanted to test it, 'cause dying's generally
seen as a bad thing, though I suppose Heaven isn't *that* bad if it's supposed
to be eternal- what?~ She looks at the vampire, eyes wide.
It can no longer house any souls. It's useless.
Well, Rei... your body stopped working hours ago. We were too late
to... fix it.
Do you know if you can take a different one? I'll find one for you.
~Uh. Wait. I'm dead? Are you sayin' I'm dead?~
* Chie starts sobbing. "I'm sorry, Rei. I'm so sorry. I never should have just
let you go off on your own."
You are going to get her a new one. You'll find it at Nero.
I.. I'm sorry Rei. This is my fault.
What Nero? Where?
* Makoto looks at the vampire again.
Where is that?
* Peter stares at the Vampire. "Nero?"
* Vampire clenches a fist. "If you fail, I'll see your souls damned for
eternity."
* Chie looks up at the vampire and blinks a few times. "We can... we can bring
her back?"
... if we fail, we deserve be damned. *shakes head*
* Makoto ignores this. He doesn't really care who the vampire thinks she is.
But we no fail. No fail again.
* Rei stiffens at the mention of Nero. She blinks a few times at the vampire,
then looks down at the staff, then back up at the vampire. ~Didja bring me
back?~
I send you this to use in your battles!
* Vampire tosses the staff aside. "But now it's just more junk."
* Chomei looks away from the vampire and unsummons his bow.
* Makoto ignores that, too. The vampire, however attractive, annoys him every
bit as much as Francine.
* Lazar mutters. "Fail village. Fail family. Fail Tatyana. No fail little
one..."
Rei, what do -you- know about Nero?
* Vampire turns around. "See that you don't."
We won't. I *won't*.
* Vampire leaps out the window.
~It's- it's- it's Smorfilia. Where you find Smorfies. And... I *really*
want to go there. Like, really badly. Wait!~
... Peter? What Nero?
* Rei runs out the window, too.
Nero?
Rei, wait!
Rei, come back!
Don't leave again...
Chie, did she leave? Or just move away?
She... she went out the window... after the vampire.
* Chomei spots a chair and takes a seat.
I know where it is.
Did she look any... weaker to you?
Professor?
I don't think anything *worse* can happen to her right now... she's a
spirit.
Where? What is it?
We're going to go, and we're going to save Rei.
* Rei pokes her head up through the floor, then the rest of her body follows.
~She's gone. Damn. Was gonna ask her some stuff and say thank you and things
and... wow, I dunno, this is all really weird. Am I really dead? You sure?~
Remember when I said I'd know?
* Chomei turns to the Prof and nods.
* Lazar shakes his head. "No am dead, little one. Like Lazar. Old body no work,
but soul still work. Just need to get you new body. Hopefully better looking
than golem body."
~Well, I guess I could be a rock, but that'd be kinda funky and I don't
think the people downstairs would like me tromping around that much.~
* Makoto smiles a little.
* Rei floats over and gets a better look at her body.
No, probably not.
No worry. You be soft and squishy in no time.
Keep an eye on Rei. I have to make a few calls. Don't worry Rei,
everything will be fine.
* Chie laughs. There's an edge of hysteria to it, but it is a laugh.
Okay.
We stop Katsu, Rei. Separate him from sword. He hurt bad, but alive.
* Makoto edges over to Chomei and cups a hand to his ear.
~He- he's okay? You sure? Well, separated, yeah, but that might not mean
he's okay, I mean, where is he?~
* Chomei looks at his gloved hand. His eyes go to the direction of Makoto.
"Yeah?"
Peter call for Interpol team. They take him to hospital, take sword to
be dealt with.
~Oh, so Katsu's in the hospital? I guess I can visit him before I go, I
mean, he is my brother even though he killed me and-~
Rei? Your brother... You might not want to see him.
* Rei sobs a little, then stops herself. ~Joe! He's probably bleeding all over
the place.~
~Why not? He's not dead, right? You said he's not dead!~
Like I say, he hurt bad. Take lot to keep him down. Right elbow broken,
other hand had arrow go through, broken ribs, probably cracked skull... and I
kick in man parts. Was very angry. Sorry.
* Makoto starts to say something, then stops as he tries to follow Rei's
mercurial thoughts.
He wasn't dead when I last saw him. I don't know if they can repair
that kind of damage though.
Had good pulse.
* Chie takes the opportunity while Rei's distracted to wrap the stone up in
something and stick it in her bag. Rei probably does *not* want to see it right
now.
* Chomei cups his hand to Makoto's ear and whispers.
* Rei is paying absolutely no attention to Chie. She's crying, though it doesn't
make any sound; she probably doesn't want to be heard.
No am sure if still posessed, but if separated from sword, is likely.
And if no, can probably make unposessed.
Uhm. Rei, do you want to go over to check on Joe? I mean, I know you
can float and move stuff and everything, but maybe I could help... with...
stuff.
* Makoto appears to be running out of words. A bad sign.
* Rei sniffs. ~I... uh... if you want to. I mean, yeah. Okay. Lemme get my...
keys, I guess.~
I can. Or... Eoi-sensei, could, maybe, he's better at that sort of thing
than I am, and... yeah.
Okay.
Interpol have many resources. They take care of him.
* Rei floats down to her body and fishes in the pockets, pulling things out.
She's raiding her own corpse. How trippy.
I could come along too. If you guys want me to.
* Chie doesn't exactly want to let Rei out of her sight at the moment.
( And you only thought you did that in Diablo. :P )
(That was my first thought. ;P)
Makoto? How Maria?
* Makoto hesitates only a moment.
(Nope, you do it in EQ too!)
(Chomei Rangergates!)
(x_x)
Ah. Yeah, we can all go. Maria was stable, Lazar. They said they
wouldn't have to keep her too long.
( Rei clicks on her corpse. All the stuff in her pockets flies in the
air then lands in a 6 x 6 foot square. )
THey asked some questions about it, but I made up a story for them.
(*snerk*)
( Hah! )
( Heeeeeee. )
* Chomei nods. "I just hope they believed it."
Good. You all go. I stay here 'till Peter done, then check on Maria.
What story?
Right. Um... Makoto? You mind if I hitch a ride? I'm not exactly in
driving shape right now...
~We're gonna need to, um, take care of my cycle somehow. I guess. I-~
* Peter is waiting until next week so.. uh.. yeah.
It was a long and fully embellished one. The short version was a
motorcycle accident.
I can drive it somewhere for you in a while.
[Session End]